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Real Disposable Income per Capita

After-tax income per person, inflation-adjusted.

$52,330
Chained 2017 dollars · latest, Apr 2026
vs prior month ▼ 0.5%
vs year ago ▼ 1.4%
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K1960197019801990200020102020$52,330

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Source: FRED · A229RX0 · series · Jan 1959 to Apr 2026 · latest-revised

Reading it. Income left after taxes, per person, adjusted for inflation. A per-person average that high earners lift, so it is not the typical household; pair it with the median-household-income series. Includes government transfers.

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event or policy up with a move on this chart is not evidence that it caused the move.

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